Oscar-nomics: Best Costume Design Prediction

Now, I am the first to admit that I am horrible when it comes to fashion sense. My style is if its clean, its good. So I may not be one of the best voters when it comes to Costume design, but I do have an understanding of how the Academy works. First, here are the nominees:

Anonymous- Lisy Cristl

The Artist- Mark Bridges

Hugo-Sandy Powell

Jane Eyre- Michael O'Connor

W.E.- Arianne Phillips

Now, many will point to the Artist or Hugo as the frontrunners in this category based on there Best Picture nominations, but I am not so convinced. Many thought the same about the King's Speech, which ended up losing to Alice in Wonderland. This only proved that the Academy cared less about the film itself, and more about the costumes within it. There is a rule of thumb, and the same goes for makeup, that the most noticeable and most extravagant win this (not saying Alice was the the latter, but definitely the former). As much as the Artist deserves to be here for its spot on designs of the 1920's/30's wear, I don't see it taking this. I see Anonymous or Jane Eyre taking this one, although if Hugo does pull off a win, you won't hear me complaining. However, I think Jane Eyre is the kind of film made to win this award, Anonymous as well but I give an edge to Jane Eyre mostly because the film was more liked than Anonymous and I just thought the costumes looked better in Jane Eyre. Though Anonymous was a little more flashy with the costumes, I still think Jane Eyre's pristine period costumes are more deserving.  If the Artist or Hugo do win in this category (which I think the latter does in some way), than it'll definitely be a big night for either film (though I don't think the Artist will need it at this point). Well that's it for now. Which category will I predict next, time will tell...

Predicted Winner: Jane Eyre

Runner-Up: Anonymous

Who I think Should Win: Hugo


Should've been Nominated: Midnight in Paris